10/01/2012

Kanye West Sued over Licensing Agreement

Though sampling has long been a staple of hip hop music, occasionally it leads to legal trouble. Such is the case for rapper Kanye West, whose songs "Who Will Survive in America?" and "Lost in the World" used New Orleans singer Eddie Bo's 1969 song, "Hook and Sling." Even though Yeezy's label Roc-A-Fella paid a $62,500 license fee for the rights to sample the tune, TufAmerica alleges that the parties "failed and refused to enter into written license agreements that accounted for their multiple